What a week to start back! The children have shown huge amounts of resilience this week dealing with the snow and ice. They have all come back with huge amounts of enthusiasm which is lovely to see.

We are starting lots of new topics now that we have moved into the Spring term. In Geography we are going to be exploring continents and countries and comparing the UK with Iceland. In Science we are looking at Light. This week we have been sorting and categorising light sources and we will be experimenting with the properties of light over the coming weeks. We are focussing on drawing skills in Art, looking at shading and 3D drawing and will be eventually sketching an Artic creature. In writing, we are creating information texts around artic animals and are learning how to create an effective Non-Fiction text using organisational features. In Maths, we are moving on to formal methods of multiplication using the column method.

So, it is a busy term filled with lots of exciting learning opportunities that I’m looking forward to experiencing with the class.